Brindisi, Nick Perkins disqualification appeal upheld

Brindisi, Nick Perkins’ disqualification reduced

Good news arrives in the Brindisi household just days before the challenge against Germani Brescia. Nick Perkins’ disqualification appeal was upheld by the Court of Sporting Appeals, which imposed a fine on the U.S. center in lieu of the two rounds of disqualification.

“The Corte Sportiva d’Appello, in upholding the complaint of the Happy Casa New Basket Brindisi company, reduces to one the days of disqualification inflicted on the athlete Perkins Nickolaus Brandon, replaced in a fine of Euro 3,000.00 (artt 33,3/2 a, 35, 1 a and 15 R.G. ) It orders not to charge the relative contribution,” reads the note issued by the FIP.

The Buffalo product was sanctioned for hitting his opponent Trent Lockett during the last championship game against Dolomiti Energia Trentino.